Harbor Bridge Project far from done, but span is quickly taking shape on the work site

Efforts to replace the Harbor Bridge enters its second year. But make no mistake about it; not all the work on the project is taking place in Corpus Christi. A fair share of it also happening in Robstown. READ ABOUT IT: http://bit.ly/2Mw9ljA
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Let's be clear: The years-long work to replace Corpus Christi's distinctive Harbor Bridge isn't finished, and likely won't be for quite a while.

Still, what you can see from parts of the project's massive construction site is looking more and more each week like a bridge.

Flatiron/Dragados, the chief contractor on the $930 million project, on Friday released aerial images that show the progress made at various corners of the work zone on its Facebook page.

Progress continues to be made on the Harbor Bridge replacement project. On Friday, June 28, the project's chief contractor released images of work on the construction site.(Photo: Flatiron/Dragados)

The bridge has begun to take shape. That's especially true on the bridge's north approach on North Beach, where dozens of segments have been stitched together to create a span.

And what doesn't look a bridge yet soon will; a row of giant white columns, reminiscent of a gradually inclining staircase, mark the path of the unfinished span.

Other images include those of the new bridge on Nueces Bay Boulevard and Staples Street, and progress on the replacement bridge's south approach, behind the Hillcrest and Washington-Coles neighborhoods.

Roughly 60,000 vehicles travel each days across the aging Harbor Bridge, which links Corpus Christi's Northside with North Beach.

Crews work to lower a rebar cage to make a concrete cast at the Flatiron-Dragados's pre-cast yard in Robstown for the Harbor Bridge replacement project in Corpus Christi on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. Courtney Sacco/Caller-Times

A rebar cage is lowered to make a concrete cast at the Flatiron-Dragados's pre-cast yard in Robstown for the Harbor Bridge replacement project in Corpus Christi on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. Courtney Sacco/Caller-Times

A rebar cage is taken over to make a concrete cast at the Flatiron-Dragados's pre-cast yard in Robstown for the Harbor Bridge replacement project in Corpus Christi on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. Courtney Sacco/Caller-Times

Four molds to cast segments that will be used to build the new Harbor Bridge are currently on site at the Flatiron/Dragados, LLC Pre-Cast Yard on Friday, October 6, 2017. A total of eight molds will eventually be on site to cast approximately 2,600 segments. Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-Times

A segment that will be used to build the new Harbor Bridge is moved via a straddle carrier to a curing location at the Flatiron/Dragados, LLC Pre-Cast Yard on Friday, October 6, 2017. Each segment weighs 100 tons. Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-Times

Four molds to cast segments that will be used to build the new Harbor Bridge are currently on site at the Flatiron/Dragados, LLC Pre-Cast Yard on Friday, October 6, 2017. A total of eight molds will eventually be on site to cast approximately 2,600 segments. Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-Times

Four molds to cast segments that will be used to build the new Harbor Bridge are currently on site at the Flatiron/Dragados, LLC Pre-Cast Yard on Friday, October 6, 2017. A total of eight molds will eventually be on site to cast approximately 2,600 segments. Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-Times

Four molds to cast segments that will be used to build the new Harbor Bridge are currently on site at the Flatiron/Dragados, LLC Pre-Cast Yard on Friday, October 6, 2017. A total of eight molds will eventually be on site to cast approximately 2,600 segments. Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-Times

A segment that will be used to build the new Harbor Bridge sits in a mold at the Flatiron/Dragados, LLC Pre-Cast Yard on Friday, October 6, 2017. Each segment weighs 100 tons. Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-Times

A segment that will be used to build the new Harbor Bridge is moved to a curing location at the Flatiron/Dragados, LLC Pre-Cast Yard on Friday, October 6, 2017. Each segment weighs 100 tons. Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-Times

Four molds to cast segments that will be used to build the new Harbor Bridge are currently on site at the Flatiron/Dragados, LLC Pre-Cast Yard on Friday, October 6, 2017. A total of eight molds will eventually be on site to cast approximately 2,600 segments. Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-Times

A segment that will be used to build the new Harbor Bridge is moved to a curing location at the Flatiron/Dragados, LLC Pre-Cast Yard on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. Each segment weighs 100 tons. Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-Times